Handle mounting for window regulators



pr. 10, 1923. 1,451,234 S. W. N ICHOLSON HANDLE MOUNTING FOR wINow REGULATORS Filed May 20, 1921 /y Wm @www auw.

Patented Apr.. 1923.

y retirar STAHLEYV'W. NICHOLSON, OF'TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE DURA. COMPANY, Uli

TOLDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION F DELAWARE.

HANDLE MOUNTING ForJ WINDOW aEGULarons.

application mea my zo, iam. seran no. 471,222.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY W. NICHOL- soN, a citizen Yof the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle Mount- .ings for WindowRegulators, of which the lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin drawings.

VThis invention relates to han e mountings for window regulators, and more' particularly for control mechanisms for motor vehicle windows. o

The invention lconsists in the structural .features and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accom.l panying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view partly in section of a handle and gearing through which said handle is adapted to actuate a window regulator, (not shown);

Figure 2 is a Figure 3 ,is an end view of the gear to which said handle is coupled.

In these views, the reference character 1 designates a board which may be an element of a motor vehicle body (as, the lock-board of one of the doors), 2, a two-part bearing member mounted. in the board 1, and 3 and 4 a' pair of enmeshed spiralgears, vtransversely journaled in the member 2, the gear 4 being coupled to a handle 5 tobe driven bythe latter. The bearing member 2 is suitably chambered to accommodate the gears 3 and 4. The handle 5 has a journal portion. 6, a bearing for which is formed by the hub 7 of an escutcheon plate 8. Said plate is secured to the two-part member 2l by screws 9, and the'interior trimming 10 o f the vehicle body (of Which-the board 1 is a part) is engaged between the escutcheonv plate and the member 2. Since the thickness of the trimming varies for dii'erent installations, it is desirable toprovide a drive'from the handle 5 to the gear Lllthat will allow a variation within reasonable limits of the spaced relation of the handle and escutcheon plate to the mounting 2. Such a drive is established by the coupling member 11, having the nature of a short rod or pin having enlarged.- polygonal heads 11 upon its ends. The stub shaft 12 of the 'gear 4 and the journal portion 6 of the handle are respectively formed with opposed polygonal sockets corresponding in shape and size to front view of thesam'e;

the heads 11a, which loosely engage in said sockets. The socket 13 of the handle is relatively deep and receives the coupling member 11 for a .major portion o its length. A spring 14, coiled in the socket 13 between the bottom thereof and the adjacent end of the coupling member, urges the latter constantly into driving engagement with the gear It and' insures against any rattling of said couplin member. In addition to forming a journa bearing for the handle member,'the escutcheon member 7,' 8, holds said handle in a fixedspaced relation to the bearing member 2, this being effected by the engagement of annular shoulders 15 ormed respectivelyinternally of the escutcheon hub 7, and externally upon the handle journal portion G. Said shoulder upon the latter portion may be produced after'the escutcheon is engaged with said portion by slightly upsetting the end of said portion.

Owing to the fact that the gear and I handle membervare separately journaled, the establishmentv of accurate axial alignment between said gear and handle wculd prove difiicult, and would undesirably ining and assembly. lIn the absence of accurate axial alignment, a drive connecti'en ai'ording a certain amount of universal movement is essential to prevent binding or undue triction. rlhe drive connection established by the member 11 is in a limited sense a universal joint, said member being sufiiciently free relative to the coupled parts to assume any such slight inclination to the axes of' said parts as may be're uiredby an absence or accurate alignment etween the same.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combinationwith a handle and a member rotatably actuatable by said handle. said vcrease the time necessary both for machinhandle and member being formed with op- A journal portion and rotatively mounting the ing polygonal ends looselyengaging in said handle upon said bearing member, and a sockets, said member .being free to assume' coupling establishing a drive connection bean angular relation to the axes of said handle tween said handlehand gear, capable of a and driven member, and means independent 5 limited universal movement. of said coupling member maintainingthe 1 In a device of the character described, opposed relation of the handle and driven the combination with a handle and a memberI member. rotatably aetuable by said handle, said han- In testimony whereof I affix my signature. dle and member being formed With opposed 10 polygonal sockets, of a coupling member hav- STANLEY W. NICHOLSUN. 

